GTA Film & TV Clusters

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Current Situation• This cluster contributes $1.1 million to the local

economy.

• $949 million was spent on film and television productions shot in Toronto in 2004; including $801.6 million on major productions; $133.8 million on commercials; and $13.65 million on music videos.

• In 2004, the City's Film and Television Office issued 4,302 location filming permits for 1,502 projects, totaling 7,743 days of shooting.

• Toronto was rated one of the top 10 North American cities for independent productions by MovieMaker

Events & Festivals

• Toronto After Dark Film Festival

• Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Support Structures

• Toronto Film School

• Digital Film Academy of Toronto

• Toronto Media & Film College

• York Department of Film

New Developments

• Censorship Charges Fly as Canada Moves to Cut Film Tax Credit.

• Producers to help draft guidelines, minister says

• Castlepoint to proceed with Toronto studio site.

• CRTC hearings must keep strong Canadian programming rules in place.

New Developments

• CFC Sends Canadian Filmmaking Talent to New York

• CBC’s cancellations another devastating blow to Canadian TV Drama.

• Funding Support for 48 films Announced.

Film Members

• NABET 700 CEP – Union of film and TV technicians.

• CCAU – Coalition of Canadian Audio-visual Unions.

• CRTC - Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

• CFC – Canadian Film Centre

• ACTRA –A membership based group for professional performers.

Similar/Competing Clusters

• San-Francisco, U.S

• Skane, Sweden

• Rhone-Alpes

Future Growth - Summarization

Toronto is the 3rd largest production centre in North America behind NY and LA and continues to grow because of the tax breaks and attractive locations.

The number of businesses has grown to 16,500 by 50% from 1998 to 2002. These businesses are active in all aspects of film & television.

Conclusion

Toronto’s Film & TV cluster is a strong and

growing cluster and is well known allaround the world with famous events,

cutting edge technology, a large number of

productions.